How to Prepare a Competitive MSCA Post-Doctoral Fellowship Proposal
04/06/2026
About
Only 9.6% of MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship applicants secured funding in 2025. Behind every successful proposal is a researcher who understood the evaluation criteria deeply, structured their application with precision, and iterated their drafts with purpose.

This webinar is designed to give you exactly that edge.

We'll share practical advice, proven tips, and real-world learnings from experienced MSCA applicants and evaluators, helping you understand what makes proposals stand out in one of Europe's most competitive funding calls. We'll also demonstrate how ReviewIQ, Crowdhelix's AI-powered proposal support tool, can help you refine and elevate your application in minutes.

What to Expect

  • An overview of the Horizon Europe MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships call, including key evaluation criteria and common pitfalls. Practical tips and tricks for writing proposals that score highly across the Excellence, Impact, and Implementation sections.
  • A live demonstration of ReviewIQ, how to use it to receive section-specific feedback, clarify formatting and structural requirements, and sharpen your application before submission.
  • An introduction to the wider Crowdhelix platform and how membership supports researchers throughout the funding lifecyle.

Who should attend

  • Researchers preparing or planning to submit an MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship application.
  • Research managers looking to support applicants more effectively and build institutional capacity.
  • Research supervisors who want to ensure the proposals they back are as competitive as possible.

About ReviewIQ
ReviewIQ is Crowdhelix's AI-powered proposal development tool, built for researchers who want to focus on innovation, not administration. Trained on hundreds of successful funding proposals, expert evaluation reports, and decades of accumulated MSCA expertise, ReviewIQ provides tailored, section-specific feedback to help applicants meet the exacting standards of MSCA reviewers, and do it faster.

Used in over 7,000 proposal development sessions since June 2025, ReviewIQ is trusted by researchers and institutions across Europe.

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Should you have any questions about the event, please contact us at events@crowdhelix.com
Date & Time

Thursday 4th June, 2026 at 11 am CEST

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Speakers

Burcak Cullu

Global Network Manager @ Crowdhelix

Burçak Çullu has 21+ years of experience in EU R&I Programmes & Financing Instruments and is a Global Network Manager at Crowdhelix. She she acted as MSCA Evaluator and National Contact Point, as well as Programme Committee Expert.

Michael Browne

CEO and Founder @ Crowdhelix

Michael Browne is the Chief Executive Officer at and an original co-founder of Crowdhelix - A UK and Ireland-based open Innovation platform that forges links between an international network of excellent researchers and innovating companies, so that they can plan, deliver, and exploit pioneering collaborative projects and value chains. Michael's main focus at Crowdhelix is driving the company to become a sector-leading open innovation network & technology platform connecting researchers and innovators to collaborate on large scale multi-disciplinary international projects tackling some of the world’s biggest societal, economic and industrial challenges. Michael's main area of responsibility while leading Crowdhelix is network reach, business growth & company performance.


Prior to his role leading Crowdhelix, Michael spent 15 years as Head of European Research & Innovation at University College London (UCL) one of the top-performing research-intensive universities in the world, and ranked as the top HEI collaborator in Europe under the Horizon 2020 programme. At UCL, Michael oversaw the award and delivery of more than 1,000 EU-funded projects, totalling more than £900 million.


During this time, Michael was also an advisor to the European Commission, EU13 Member States and Pre-Accession States on enhancing competitiveness in European research and innovation. He is a recognised high-level expert on the Horizon programmes mainly in the areas of impact and innovation management. A member of LERU ERP-C Steering Committee. A member of Universities UK Horizon 2020 Sounding Board and International Innovation Board. The author of various publications on Innovation Management and the European Research Area, and a recognised Horizon programme focused writer and evaluator.